Combined chair and table



Patented July 2, 1929.

unirsnsrnrns PATENT OFFICE..

entrons. KLINE, on ivrNNni-iieoms, Minnnsern.

Applicatonled October 24E, 1927.` Sel'lalNo. 238,116.

My invention has for its object the provision oit a combined chair and table, and more particularly a childs combined chair and table that can be separan-ily interlocln-id by simple and hije-ghlyeilicient means atteia child is placed in the chair to prevent separating movement et the chair and ltable or a lifting movement `ot the table tronithe chair so asto llirevent the child-trein geitting ont or iialling ont ot the chair.

rlrihe table is especially adapted for holding the playthings ot a child and is designed to prevent the same from falling from the table.

rllo the above end, generally stated, the invention consists ot the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings, which illnstrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. l is a perspective View of the coinbined chair and table;

Fig. 2 is a :fragmentary detail view partly in plan and partly in horizontal section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l; and,

Fig. 3 is a 'fragmentary detail View partly in elevation and partly in section taken on the line 3 3 ot Fig. 2.

rThe combined chair and table are indicated by the numerals 4tand 5, respectively. Said chair et has a pair ot' arms 6, the outer longitudinal edges of which are in diverg- 'ing relation,l as best shown in Fig. 2. These longitudinal edges of the arms G are also transversely beveled, as best shown in Fig. 3.

The table 5 has a 'Hat top 7 and a depending apron 8. Said top 7 has an npstanding marginal fiange 9 that is continuons except for an intermediate gap 1.0 at the front of the table. rlhe table top 7 at the gap 10 :is cut away at l1 substantially to the apron 8.

pair of seats 12 for the arms Gare Ylorined in the lower edge portions ot the apron 8 at the gap 10. These seats l2 have horizontal dovetailed interlocking engagementwith the onter longitudinal ed of the arms 6, as indicated at '13, that hold the chair and table interlocled against separating movement away trom each other. The arms and seats l2 have further separable interlocking engagement at the; longitudinal edges ot said arms, indicated at 111-, and

hold the chair and table interloclred to prevent lifting movement el said table in respect to said chair.` i

To .interlock the chai and table, said table is placed over the arms @thereof with saidarins inthe seats l2 and then said chair and lable `are separated to cause the arms (S to interlock with the seats l2 by a wedge action, an indicated atl'. The iiiteilocking engagement between thearms `h ot the chair 1l: and the table securely holds said table and chair against separating movement away from each other. This saine movement oit the chair 4t and table away from each other causesl the arms G to 'further interlock with the table 5, as indi ated at la, and thereby connect said chair and table so as to prevent ,lifting movement of the table 5 in respect to the chair t. To separate the chair et and table 5 it :is only i'iecessa-ry to move said table toward the chair -land then litt said chair from the arms G.

By reference to liig. 3 it will be noted that there is clearance between. the upper faces ot the arms G and the seats 12, as indicaterfl at 15, so as to permit the legs ot the table to rest on the lloor. The apron 8 between the seats l2 is reduced. in width at its lower edge portion, as indicated at 1G, to afford additional clearance between the seat ot the chair Lit. and the lower edge portion of the apron 8.

Then a child; is placed in the chair 41.- and said chair separably intel-locked to the table 5, as indicated in F ig. l, .it is impossible for the child to separate the chair and table either by movement oit the chair Ll ot the table 5 away from each other or by a liilting nioveinent of the table 5 in respect to the chair ft, thus preventing the child 'from gettingout or :falling ont oif the chair et.

To separate the chair it and table 5 it is only necessary to push one thereof toward the other and then .lift the table :from the arms of said chair. The interlocking engagement between the arms G and seats l2 is such that there no danger of a child being pinched therebetween and there are no parts to get ont ot order. Any wear between. the arms G and seats l2 will be anto- .lnatically taken np. The cut away portions 1l and` 16 permit a child to sit very close to the table 5 and the flange 9 prevents the childs playthings placed on the table top 7 from being pushed therefrom onto the floor Where the child cannot reach the same.

Vhat, I claim is:

l. A combined chair and table, each of which is independently supported in respect to the other, said chair having a pair of arms, the outer longitudinal edge portions of Whichare in forwardly diverging relation to each other, said table having seats lifting 'movement 3.A combined chair and table, each ot vwhich is independently supported in respect to the other, said chair having al pair of arms, the outer longitudinal edge portions of Which are in forwardly diverging relation to each other, said table having an apron with an intermediate reduced portion. and seats in the apron at the ends ot its reduced portion with which the dvergng edge portions of' the arms are arranged to engage with a Wedge action produced by a movement of the chair and table avay from each other, said outer longitudinal edge portions of the arms and their seats have dove-tailed interlocking engagement to prevent the table from being separated from the chair by a lifting movement.

4. The structure defined in claim 3 in which their is clearance between the upper faces of the arms ot the chair and apron to prevent the table from being supported on said arms.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

BRUCE B. KLlNE. 

